I recall reading in Just for Fun that Linus described VMS as horrible and reading in Showstopper that Dave hated Unix (allegedly quipping "Get a byte, get a byte, get a byte byte byte" when asked about its I/O model).

I can only imagine the awkwardness around the table if the topic of operating systems came up during the dinner.

whobre · 3h ago

> I can only imagine the awkwardness around the table if the topic of operating systems came up during the dinner.

More likely, they just had a good laugh if these old opinions ever came up.

whobre · 3h ago

And the hell just froze over...

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